David Barnea, former head of Mossad, said at an event at the Jerusalem municipality that Donald Trump, the President of the United States, understands well that “the Iranian government should not be allowed to remain in power.”

Barnea called the imposition of harsh sanctions on the Islamic Republic a right step but only “another step,” and said that, in his assessment, economic, diplomatic, and operational actions against the Iranian government should be intensified until it collapses.